Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute - Breezes Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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80 D. M. C. r. BREEZES ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE “A LL 1C world’s a stage,” said Shakespeare, “and all the men and women merely players.” We agree absolutely! Nifty metaphor, in fact! And by the same token, why not think of Daniel McIntyre as another stage, a lesser one, we admit, hut nevertheless a not unworthy one. Then, we further ruminate, everyone in it must be “merely players.” And since players must have something to play, we finally evolve a wonderful plot; even go so far as to plan the cast. The plot we will leave to your imagination, but we think you may be interested in the cast, and forthwith publish it for your approval. Dramatis Personnae Hero, rising young mechanic (note his determined jaw)—Bob Alexander. Heroine—g oes through poppa’s millions in short order—strong for women’s rights—Edith Horton. Villain—smooth customer with a roving eye—Harold Chittick. Butler—His Royal Highness (in knee breeches)—Waverley Wilson. Parisian Vamp—the villian’s confederate—Edna Mason. Heroine’s Mother—society matron—Frances Fox. Hero’s Mother-—a sweet old lady, who knits—beloved by all—- Lillian Furney. Peggy and Cyril—young sister and brother of the heroine—’miff said—Marguerite Ross and Bill Lamont. Pussyfoot—the plain clothes man—-Fred Lang. Reporter—a bright young man from the “Morning Star”—Harold Finsness. Bully—foreman of the factory—sure packs ' a punch—Bob Wil¬ liamson. The Ice-man—key to the situation and the coolest man in the play —Lloyd Bruce. Bill—organizer of games in the factory, and general handy-man— Bill Kibblewhite. Hero’s Sisters—sweet young things who play the piano—Helen and Louise Templeton. —H. P., Room 56. THE FINEST CARPET IN THE WORLD What has been said to be the world’s finest carpet has recently been purchased in England by James F. Ballard, an American, who has made a hobby of collecting Persian carpets. The masterpiece of the rugmaker’s art is nearly four centuries old and valued at more than half a million dollars. It is the work of one man, who laboured on it for nearly twenty years. The carpet has belonged successively to Shah Safi, Peter the Great of Russia, and Leopold the First of Austria, and for years it has hung on the staircase of the royal palace near Vienna. —Magnus Johnson, Room 12.

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 29 been a fatal blunder. The vote in his favor was very general.” It is a well-known fact that l Mr. Bennett is a wealthy man—no doubt he is the richest man ever selected as a leader of a political party in Canada, and in no way will he be hindered in his work by financial difficulties. Any success achieved by him can be traced to a dogged perseverance. He seems to have followed the motto “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” The greatest interest of the convention centred around the tariff question, with the result that the delegates adopted the following resolution, pledging themselves “to stimulate the development of natural resources; to preserve and enlarge the market for Canadian farm produce; to create employment by building up industries; to promote interprovincial trade; and to check the exodus to the United States.” Although Sir George Foster objected strongly to the exclusion of the Orientals, when the question of immigration came up, this policy was adopted. Efforts were directed to securing a larger percentage of British settlers, and they advised taking full advantage of the assist¬ ance tendered by the British Government for promoting empire settle¬ ment. When the Conservative Party comes into power, if it follows these resolutions, there is no doubt that ours will be a model govern¬ ment. This convention awakened a better feeling between the East and the West; the number of delegates was fairly well balanced, and though once or twice disputes over conflicting interests arose, some¬ thing higher than mere localism prevailed; the East consented to aid the West in matters of little benefit to themselves. Both were willing to come half way. The hope of the future rests on a united Dominion. With that we cannot fail, and Canada can rejoice in “true patriot love” from all her sons and daughters. —G.C. and C.H., 58. A FAITHFUL DOG MOST of you have read about Pompeii, that Roman city which was overwhelmed centuries ago by the volcano of Vesuvius. Quite re¬ cently an interesting discovery was made by some explorers who were digging among the ashes. There was found the body of a small boy lying just as if he had been asleep Avhen the skies rained red-hot lava. By his side was a beantiful big dog wonderfully preserved through the ages, by the deposits which had covered him. The animal had his teeth caught in his master’s cloak, just as if he had been trying to arouse him and make him flee from the coming danger. Around the dog’s neck was a big silver collar blackened with age. With great trouble the collar was cleaned, and it was then seen that there was an inscription on it which read: “This dog has thrice saved the life of his little mas¬ ter, once from fire, once from water, and once from thieves.” The atti¬ tude of the faithful animal showed that even at the final hour, he had done his best to get his master out of danger. —Willie Younger.

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D.M. C. I. BREEZES 31 A VISIT TO THE PICARDY FACTORY QN November 30th, Grade IX. Practical Arts girls, accompanied by Miss Kathleen Dowler, visited the Picardy Factory. The visit was planned in order that the girls who were making their own chocolates for Christmas work in the Domestic Science, would be able to compare home methods and facilities with commercial ones. The girls had already had their first lesson on making fondant. Fondant is the usual foundation for all soft centres of chocolates. Each girl had bought a pound of sugar and the project was to see who could manufacture on first trial a pound of fondant of creamy consistency. This was stored away for a week, then flavoured, colored, and formed into a variety of shapes. The next step was to melt some specially pre¬ pared sweet chocolate, and dip each centre, with the aim of turning each out, shiny and brown and well formed like those on the market. The object in visiting Picardy’s, therefore, was to see how this is achieved. There was much to see! First a batch of clear taffy, cooling, which was punched a few times; coloring was added, and after a few turns over a hook, the whole was run through a machine, which turned it out into neat and glistening ruby-red beads, threaded on a cord ready to cut into lengths to grace the Christmas tree. All around were tables full of candy in various stages. Pecan- clusters, walnuts, nougatine, creamy fudge, marshmallows, eocoanut centres, as well as hard candies, and ginger fudge—all before our eyes. These were being cut and moulded into numerous shapes by girls or men who worked skilfully and quickly. We were too late to see the fondant mixed. That usually is done in the morning, in order to complete before eight, the process from raw sugar to the finished chocolates. We looked at the fondant machine which beats one hundred pounds at a time; and then we remembered how tired our arms were after beating one pound. This was one way in which the commercial equipment was superior to ours. Next there was a whole room of chocolates. Think of it! Boxes to the right of us; boxes to the left of us; boxes all around us; packed and being packed with chocolates. At a long table sat women dipping chocolates all day long by hand, pound after pound. Each had her trough of melted chocolate, and each had a tray on which to drop them, as she gave a final professional twirl or twist to the top. We wondered if we could be half so skilful! We did not even know, as yet, how to hold our dipping forks! As a final delight, Mr. Gribbens presented Miss Dowler with a box of chocolates to share with the class. They were ' handed to Thelma Franklin, who had made a nice little “thank you” speech on behalf of the class for the courtesies they had been shown. It was too late to see the cooks at work in t ' he bakery, but we were shown the equipment, including the huge ovens. We caught inte resting glimpses of freshly baked tarts and cakes, and patty shells awaiting